Fay \Fay\, n. [F. f['e]e. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.]

A fairy; an elf. ``Yellow-skirted fays.'' --Milton.

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Fay \Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]

Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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Fay \Fay\ (f[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.]

[OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. f[=e]gan to join, unite; akin to OS. f[=o]gian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. f["u]gen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.]

(Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

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Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.

Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)